Bayou Born (Fleur de Lis Series)

Branna Lind's self-esteem rests at the bottom of the Mississippi River. She's cancelled her "wedding of the decade," though she isn't saying why. She wants life on her own terms, no ready-made job in the family business, no safety net of close-knit family, and a life without betrayal. But now that she's on her way, will scars of the past send her running from love?

College professor James Newbern prizes his bachelorhood. Experience says that beautiful women are high-maintenance trouble and Branna is exactly that type, which isn't a problem until the college vice president assigns him to mentor the newest hire--Ms. Lind.